3Chapter 3 Lit Notes11/9/09

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3 Chapter 3 Lit Notes 11/9/09

• Setting where and when a story takes place.
  Realistic (believable) when the customs fit the
  time and place.
• The setting may be responsible for the storys
  main conflict (think Hatchet), often acting as a
  character.
• As an element of literature, it can also help
  create the tone and mood, or atmosphere.
• May have to be inferred from the details in the
  story.

• Tone the way a writer feels about a place or
• character. Tone is revealed by word choice.
• Chronology events are presented in the time
• sequence in which they occurred. (1st, next,
  last)

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Personification non-human objects are described
as if they are human. (The fire ran up the
stairs and ate the curtains.)Cause the
reason for an action or reaction.Effect what
happened next (the action/reaction.)Generalizati
on a broad statement that can apply to many
situations.Conclusion your final thought or
judgment about what you have read. it can be
supported with information from the text.